Historic Bringhurst Field once again has been silenced after the United League ended the Alexandria Aces season on Thursday. The team hopes to return to action for next summer.

Written by

JOHN MARCASE
For The Town Talk

There has been a lot happening in the baseball world lately, so let's take a look at a few of the issues:

The Aces are shut down by the United League: This has to hurt those diehard Aces fans, the 200 or so who braved the heat and humidity and deteriorating conditions of Bringhurst Field to watch the latest reincarnation of the local baseball team.

Ever since minor league baseball returned to Alexandria in 1994, I always wondered about the attraction of the product on the field. In my opinion, the first few years of the Aces featured the most talent. A few of the players even rose to a cup of coffee in the ...